Cadillac ESCALADE 2007 User manual

Seats and Restraint Systems

....................... 7

Front Seats

.............................................. 8

Rear Seats

............................................. 16

Safety Belts

............................................ 18

Child Restraints

...................................... 39

Airbag System

........................................ 67

Restraint System Check

......................... 86

Features and Controls

................................ 89

Keys

....................................................... 91

Doors and Locks

.................................. 101

Windows

............................................... 115

Theft-Deterrent Systems

....................... 117

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle

..... 123

Mirrors

.................................................. 143

OnStar

®

System

................................... 152

Universal Home Remote System

.......... 154

Storage Areas

...................................... 165

Sunroof

................................................ 187

Instrument Panel

....................................... 189

Instrument Panel Overview

................... 192

Climate Controls

................................... 219

Warning Lights, Gages, and

Indicators

.......................................... 225

Driver Information Center (DIC)

............ 243

Audio System(s)

................................... 267

Driving Your Vehicle

................................. 321

Your Driving, the Road, and

Your Vehicle

..................................... 322

Towing

................................................. 378

Service and Appearance Care

.................. 393

Service

................................................. 396

Fuel

...................................................... 399

Checking Things Under the Hood

......... 404

All-Wheel Drive

..................................... 443

Rear Axle

............................................. 444

Front Axle

............................................ 446

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Headlamp Aiming

................................. 447

Bulb Replacement

................................ 450

Windshield Wiper Blade

Replacement

..................................... 453

Tires

..................................................... 454

Appearance Care

.................................. 496

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

............................. 508

Electrical System

.................................. 509

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

................ 518

Maintenance Schedule

.............................. 519

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 520

Customer Assistance Information

............. 541

Customer Assistance and

Information

........................................ 542

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 560

Index

.......................................................... 565

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and

the names ESCALADE and EXT are registered

trademarks of General Motors Corporation.

This manual includes the latest information at the

time it was printed. We reserve the right to

make changes after that time without notice. For

vehicles ﬁrst sold in Canada, substitute the

name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for

Cadillac Motor Car Division whenever it appears in

this manual.

This manual describes features that may be

available in this model, but your vehicle may not

be equipped with all of them. For example,

more than one entertainment system may be

offered or your vehicle may have been ordered

without a front passenger or rear seats.

Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there

if it is ever needed while you are on the road. If

the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the

vehicle.

Canadian Owners

A French language copy of this manual can be

obtained from your dealer or from:

Helm, Incorporated

P.O. Box 07130

Detroit, MI 48207

Litho in U.S.A.

Part No. 15854798 A First Printing

©

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How to Use This Manual

Many people read the owner manual from

beginning to end when they ﬁrst receive their new

vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn

about the features and controls for the vehicle.

Pictures and words work together in the

owner manual to explain things.

Index

A good place to quickly locate information about

the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual.

It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual

and the page number where it can be found.

Safety Warnings and Symbols

There are a number of safety cautions in this

book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to

tell about things that could hurt you if you were to

ignore the warning.

{CAUTION:

These mean there is something that could

hurt you or other people.

In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is.

Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or

reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If

you do not, you or others could be hurt.

You will also ﬁnd a

circle with a slash

through it in this book.

This safety symbol

means “Do Not,” “Do

Not do this” or “Do Not

let this happen.”

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Vehicle Damage Warnings

Also, in this manual you will ﬁnd these notices:

Notice: These mean there is something

that could damage your vehicle.

A notice tells about something that can damage

the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be

covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could

be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help

avoid the damage.

When you read other manuals, you might see

CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors

or in different words.

There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They

use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

Vehicle Symbols

The vehicle has components and labels that use

symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along

with the text describing the operation or

information relating to a speciﬁc component,

control, message, gage, or indicator.

If you need help ﬁguring out a speciﬁc name of a

component, gage, or indicator, reference the

following topics:

• Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1

• Features and Controls in Section 2

• Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3

• Climate Controls in Section 3

• Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in

Section 3

• Audio System(s) in Section 3

• Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5

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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle:

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Front Seats ..................................................... 8

Power Seats ................................................. 8

Power Lumbar .............................................. 9

Heated Seats .............................................. 10

Heated and Cooled Seats ........................... 11

Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals .............. 12

Power Reclining Seatbacks ......................... 14

Head Restraints .......................................... 15

Rear Seats .................................................... 16

Rear Seat Operation ................................... 16

Safety Belts .................................................. 18

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 18

Questions and Answers About Safety Belts .... 22

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 23

Driver Position ............................................. 23

Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 30

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 31

Right Front Passenger Position ................... 31

Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 32

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 35

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 38

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 38

Child Restraints ............................................ 39

Older Children ............................................. 39

Infants and Young Children ......................... 42

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 45

Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 50

Lower Anchors and Tethers for

Children (LATCH) .................................... 51

Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear

Seat Position ........................................... 60

Securing a Child Restraint in the Right

Front Seat Position .................................. 62

Airbag System .............................................. 67

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 70

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 73

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 75

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 76

What Will You See After an Airbag

Inﬂates? ................................................... 76

Passenger Sensing System ......................... 78

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 84

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 85

Restraint System Check ............................... 86

Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 86

Replacing Restraint System Parts

After a Crash ........................................... 87

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Power Seats

The power seat controls are located on the

outboard side of the front seats.

• Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding

the control forward or rearward.

• Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion

by moving the front of the control up or down.

• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion

by moving the rear of the control up or down.

• Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the

entire control up or down.

The power reclining seatback control is located

behind the power seat control on the outboard side

of the seats. See Power Reclining Seatbacks on

page 14.

Your vehicle has a memory function which allows

seat settings to be saved and recalled. See

Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 12.

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power

Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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Power Lumbar

If the seats have power lumbar, the controls

used to operate this feature are located on the

outboard side of the seats.

• To increase lumbar support, press and hold

the front of the control.

• To decrease lumbar support, press and hold

the rear of the control.

• To raise the height of the lumbar support,

press and hold the top of the control.

• To lower the height of the lumbar support,

press and hold the bottom of the control.

Release the control when the lower seatback

reaches the desired level of lumbar support.

Your vehicle may have a memory function which

allows seat settings to be saved and recalled.

See Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 12

for more information.

Keep in mind that as your seating position

changes, as it may during long trips, so should the

position of your lumbar support. Adjust the seat

as needed.

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Heated Seats

If the front seats have

the heated seat feature,

the buttons used to

control this feature

are located on the

climate control panel.

+ (Heated Seatback): To heat only the

seatback, press the top button with the heated

seatback symbol.

This symbol will appear on the climate control

display to indicate that the feature is on. Press the

button to cycle through the temperature settings

of high, medium, and low and to turn the

heated seatback off. Indicator bars next to the

symbol designate the level of heat selected:

three for high, two for medium, and one for low.

z (Heated Seat and Seatback): To heat the

entire seat, press the bottom button with the

heated seat and seatback symbol.

This symbol will appear on the climate control

display to indicate that the feature is on. Press the

button to cycle through the temperature settings

of high, medium, and low and to turn the

heated seat off. Indicator bars next to the symbol

designate the level of heat selected: three for

high, two for medium, and one for low.

The heated seats will be canceled ten seconds

after the ignition is turned off. If you want to

use the heated seat feature after you restart the

vehicle, you will need to press the appropriate

heated seat button again.

If your vehicle has heated and cooled seats, see

Heated and Cooled Seats on page 11.

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Heated and Cooled Seats

If the front seats have

the heated and cooled

seat feature, the

buttons used to control

this feature are

located on the climate

control panel.

{ (Cooled Seat): To cool the entire seat, press

the button with the cooled seat symbol.

This symbol will appear on the climate control

display to indicate that the feature is on. Press the

button to cycle through the temperature settings of

high, medium, and low and to turn the cooled seat

off. Indicator bars next to the symbol designate the

level of cooling selected: three for high, two for

medium, and one for low.

+ (Heated Seatback): To heat only the

seatback, press the button with the heated

seatback symbol.

This symbol will appear on the climate control

display to indicate that the feature is on. Press the

button to cycle through the temperature settings

of high, medium, and low and to turn the

heated seatback off. Indicator bars next to the

symbol designate the level of heat selected:

three for high, two for medium, and one for low.

z (Heated Seat and Seatback): To heat

the entire seat, press the button with the heated

seat and seatback symbol.

This symbol will appear on the climate control

display to indicate that the feature is on. Press the

button to cycle through the temperature settings

of high, medium, and low and to turn the

heated seat off. Indicator bars next to the symbol

designate the level of heat selected: three for

high, two for medium, and one for low.

The heated and cooled seats will be canceled

after the ignition is turned off. If you want to use

the heated and cooled seat feature after you

restart your vehicle, you will need to press

the appropriate seat button again.

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Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals

Your vehicle has the memory package.

The controls for this

feature are located on

the driver’s door, and are

used to program and

recall memory settings

for the driver’s seat,

outside mirrors, and the

adjustable throttle and

brake pedal feature, if

your vehicle has it.

To save your positions in memory, do the

following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the seatback

recliner and lumbar, both outside mirrors, and

the throttle and brake pedals to a comfortable

position.

See Outside Power Foldaway Mirrors on

page 149 and Adjustable Throttle and Brake

Pedal on page 128 for more information.

Not all mirrors will have the ability to save and

recall the mirror positions.

2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps let

you know that the position has been stored.

A second seating, mirror, and throttle and brake

pedal position can be programmed by repeating

the above steps and pressing button 2.

To recall the memory positions, the vehicle must be

in PARK (P). Press and release either button 1 or

button 2 corresponding to the desired driving

position. The seat, outside mirrors, and adjustable

throttle and brake pedals will move to the position

previously stored. You will hear a single beep.

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If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to

enter your vehicle and the remote recall memory

feature is on, automatic seat, mirror, and

adjustable pedal movement will occur. See

“MEMORY SEAT RECALL” under DIC Vehicle

Customization on page 257 for more information.

To stop recall movement of the memory feature

at any time, press one of the power seat controls,

memory buttons, power mirror buttons, or

adjustable pedal switch.

If something has blocked the driver’s seat and/or

the adjustable pedals while recalling a memory

position, the driver’s seat and/or the adjustable

pedals recall may stop working. If this happens,

remove the obstruction and press the appropriate

function control for two seconds. Then try

recalling the memory position again by pressing

the appropriate memory button. If the memory

position is still not recalling, see your dealer

for service.

Easy Exit Seat

The control for this feature is located on the

driver’s door between buttons 1 and 2.

With the vehicle in PARK (P), the exit position can

be recalled by pressing the exit button. You will

hear a single beep. The driver’s seat will

move back.

If the easy exit seat feature is on in the Driver

Information Center (DIC), automatic seat

movement will occur when the key is removed

from the ignition. See “EASY EXIT SEAT” under

DIC Vehicle Customization on page 257 for

more information.

Further programming for the memory seat feature

can be done using the DIC. You can select the

automatic easy exit seat feature or the remote

memory seat recall feature.

For programming information, see DIC Vehicle

Customization on page 257.

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Power Reclining Seatbacks

The controls for the power reclining seatback are

located on the outboard side of the front seats

behind the power seat control.

• To recline the seatback, tilt the top of the

control rearward.

• To bring the seatback forward, tilt the top of

the control forward.

{CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your

vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.

Even if you buckle up, your safety belts

cannot do their job when you are reclined

like this.

CAUTION: (Continued)

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power

Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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CAUTION: (Continued)

The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a

crash, you could go into it, receiving neck

or other injuries.

The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a

crash the belt could go up over your

abdomen. The belt forces would be there,

not at your pelvic bones. This could cause

serious internal injuries.

For proper protection when the vehicle is

in motion, have the seatback upright.

Then sit well back in the seat and wear

your safety belt properly.

Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is

moving.

Your vehicle has a memory function which allows

seat settings to be saved and recalled. See

Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 12.

Head Restraints

Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the

restraint is at the same height as the top of

the occupant’s head. This position reduces the

chance of a neck injury in a crash.

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Pull the head restraint

up to raise it. To lower

the head restraint,

press the release

button (A), located on

the top of the seatback,

while you push the

head restraint down.

The front seats may have head restraints that also

tilt forward and rearward.

To tilt the head restraint, grasp the top of the

restraint while pressing the button (B), located

on the inboard side of the head restraint,

and move it forward or rearward until the desired

locking position is reached. Try to move the

head restraint after the button is released to make

sure that it is locked in place.

The second row seats may have head restraints

that can be adjusted up and down, but they

do not tilt.

Rear Seats

Rear Seat Operation

The rear seat is a 60/40 split bench seat that can

be folded to give you more cargo space and

access to the folding midgate. See Midgate

®

on

page 104 for more information on operation of the

folding midgate.

To fold either side of the seat do the following:

1. Push the rear seat head restraints all the

way down.

2. Pull the seat loop

located where the

seatback and seat

cushion meet. The

seat cushion will

release and allow

you to tilt it toward

the front of the

vehicle.

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Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety

belts still fastened may cause damage to the

seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle

the safety belts and return them to their normal

stowed position before folding a rear seat.

3. Fold the seatback forward until it is ﬂat. You

may have to move the front seats forward

slightly to do this.

4. Repeat the procedure for the other side.

To return the seats to the normal position, push

the seatback up and fold the seat cushion down.

{CAUTION:

A safety belt that is improperly routed,

not properly attached, or twisted will not

provide the protection needed in a crash.

The person wearing the belt could be

seriously injured. After raising the rear

seatback, always check to be sure that

the safety belts are properly routed and

attached, and are not twisted.

{CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could

move forward in a sudden stop or crash.

That could cause injury to the person

sitting there. Always be sure to press the

rear of the seat cushion down. This action

locks the seatback in place.

Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is

locked. Raise the head restraint.

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Safety Belts

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone

This part of the manual tells you how to use

safety belts properly. It also tells you some things

you should not do with safety belts.

{CAUTION:

Do not let anyone ride where he or she

cannot wear a safety belt properly. If you

are in a crash and you are not wearing a

safety belt, your injuries can be much

worse. You can hit things inside the

vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be

seriously injured or killed. In the same

crash, you might not be, if you are

buckled up. Always fasten your safety

belt, and check that your passengers’

belts are fastened properly too.

{CAUTION:

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a

cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle.

In a collision, people riding in these areas

are more likely to be seriously injured or

killed. Do not allow people to ride in any

area of your vehicle that is not equipped

with seats and safety belts. Be sure

everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and

using a safety belt properly.

Your vehicle has indicators to remind you and

your passengers to buckle your safety belts. See

Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 228 and

Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Light on

page 228.

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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the

law says to wear safety belts. Here is why:

They work.

You never know if you will be in a crash. If you

do have a crash, you do not know if it will be a

bad one.

A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can

be so serious that even buckled up, a person

would not survive. But most crashes are in

between. In many of them, people who buckle up

can survive and sometimes walk away. Without

belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.

After more than 40 years of safety belts in

vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes

buckling up does matter... a lot!

Why Safety Belts Work

When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast

as it goes.

Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a

seat on wheels.

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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The

rider does not stop.

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